Blogs
In Cape Town, everybody counts
This week was the first ever UN World Data Forum in Cape Town. During three full days, experts explored how to measure progress towards the SDGs.
Young artists get creative to promote disability inclusion
Art students in Bhopal painted striking murals along the wall of a hospital to mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
A UK eyesight crisis – and how different it could have been elsewhere
Earlier this week, my mother nearly went blind. In less than a day, the pressure in one of her eyes went from the norm of 10-21mm Hg to 81 mm Hg.
“Rather than a negative attitude, it’s a lack of awareness”
Ambrose Murangira is Executive Director of the Ugandan National Association of the Deaf and a passionate disability activist.
WHO global action plan: slowly but surely…
We ensure all our projects have an advocacy component, providing an opportunity for us to explore systemic and structural challenges that impact our work.
Hear my Voice report launch: a huge success
Sightsavers Tanzania organised an advocacy event to launch the report ‘Hear My Voice: old age and disability are not a curse’.
Sightsavers at the 2016 party conferences
Gaining insights at the 2016 Labour and Conservative party conferences.
Localising the ‘leave no one behind’ promise in Zimbabwe
The world has agreed on 17 goals that can propel the world to the next level. But the next 15 years will have to be filled with action.
Tanzania ‘Voices of the Marginalised’ launch: not long to go
Speakers will talk about the importance of improving quality of life and access to services for older people, and those with disabilities.
NTDs and inclusion: the importance of community participation
Sightsavers is committed to ensuring all our health programmes, including those to treat neglected tropical diseases, reach the most marginalised people.
